Toy kite



I GENE, ALSO KNOWN AS YEE MING HOR TOY KITE May 23, 194 2,349,417

Filed May 2, 1942 ii je 34 .3! BY L. W

noise of an airplane motor and the free turning simulated propeller will revolve, thus making the ing a varying V-shape, this tends to act as a stabilizer and eliminates the necessity of a tail.

In the modified form shown in Figure 5, the construction is similar in that the beam 45 acts the same as beam 6, the wing 42 the same as wing 2, except that it is shaped to simulate a bird's wing or the like. member 44 has the same effect as I4 in the first described figure and the flat vertical member 43 has the same structural relation as the fuselage or body portion 3, except that it is flat. These portions are joined by adhesive as shown by the broken away portion at M. The vertical beam M, however, does not extend the full length of the vertical member 43 but the rear portion of this member is replaced by a flat stiff piece of cardboard 41 which is of sufficient weight and stiffness to hold the rear portion of 43flat as against the wind. This leaves a flexible unstiffened portion at 48. Due to the action of the wind the rear portion 49 of the vertical member 43 vibrates or flaps up and down, causing the kite to simulate diving maneuvers of an airplane.

The underside of the wing and the vertical body portion may be painted or configured to represent a bird or airplane, as desired. Y

In use, either or both of the forms shown may be flown separately as an ordinary kite. The form'shown in Figure 5 is attached by a-single' string inserted through the hole 50 in its central portion and wrapped around the vertical member M. The vertical member l4, Figure 1, should be attached to the kite string by a bridle consisting of the strings 24' and 25 previously mentioned. Optionally both types may be flown together, with the modified form shown in Figure 5, let out first to fly above and over the form shown in Figure 1. Thus,- this gives a simulation of a bird or menacing plane hovering over the lower kite which may be painted and configured to simulate a bombing or other type of plane. Due to the action of the wind on the rear portion 49 or tail of the form shown in Figure 5, it darts about in flight, while the other form flies steadily. This affords amusement and instruction.

Iclaim: 1 1. A toy kite comprising a transverse wing member and a longitudinal body member, said wing member being composed of a blank of a single sheet of paper, having a straight forward edge and a rear edge rounded forward at the ends, a transverse stiffening beam secured to the top side of said blank, the forward edgeof said blank folded over rearwardly-to form retention tabs for the ends of said beam and to form an inverted V shaped folded leading edge with the apex in the center thereof,-said body member being-composed of a longitudinalblank of paper shaped to afford a forward body portion and an extended tail rear portion strengthened longitudinally by a stiffening member attached to its top surface, said body member being attached to the top surface of said wingmember The longitudinal stiffening so that its center is at right angles to the supporting member on said wing, and so that the under surface of said body affords support of substantial width for the rear edge of said paper portion of said wing member.

2. A toy kite comprising, in combination, a wing member fabricated from a sheet of paper having a straight forward edge, a rear edge curved forward at the ends, a lateral stiffening I beam cemented to its upper surface placed parallel to said forward edge, and a leading edge formed by that part of the sheet, forward of the stiffening beam, being folded along lines extending from the mid point of the leading edge to the ends of said beam, to form a stiffened leading edge, a longitudinal body member formed from a paper blank, with the edge Dortions folded upward at the ends and overlapping to form forward and rearward conical portions simulating a fuselage, a longitudinal stiffening beam cemented to the center of said blank bent upward and outward on each side to form a stabilizing member, said body member being cemented to the center of said wing member in right angular relation thereto.

3. A toy kite comprising, in combination, a wing member fabricated from a sheet of paper having a straight forward edge, a rear edge curved forward at the ends, a lateral stiffening beam cemented to its upper surface placed parallel to said forward edge, and a leading edge formed by folding triangular tabs rearwardly from each side of the center thereof, a longitudinal body member formed from a paper blank, with the edge portions folded upward at the ends and overlapping to form forward and rearward conical portions simulating a fuselage, a longitudinal stiffening beam cemented to the center of said blank, and a rear portion'of said blank bent upward and outward on each side to form a stabilizing member, said body member being cemented to the center of said wing member in right angular relation thereto, to afford support for the central portion of the rear edge of said wing material, a rubber band stretched over the body portion, secured to the ends of said wing portion and the forward end of said fuselage, and a free turning propeller attached to the forward end of said body portion.

4. A toy kite comprising a transverse wing member composed of a blank of paper,. shaped to the outline of an airplane wing, a transverse stifiening beam cemented to the upper side thereof to the rear of the front edge of said blank, a leading edge formed by folding back and .cementing the ends of the forward edge along'lines extending from the center to the ends of. said stiffening member, the trailing edge thereof being free to flex, in combination with a longitudinally extending centrally positioned body member consisting of a paper blank. with its lateral edges rolled up and lapped over forming aicylindrically shaped body with the ends slightly tapering,.with an end portion of said blankfolded outwardly .to form stabilizing tail surfaces, said body member being cemented to the central portion of said wing member so that said transverse and longitudinal stiffening members cross and so as: to afford support for the central portion of the rear edge of said wing member.

5. Alkite comprising a transverse wing membermade from a single paper blank having a straight forward edge and a rear edge curved fromthe center toward the forward edge on each side, a single transverse stiffening beam attached to the top of said blank to the rear of said forward edge of said blank, this blank, being folded up and over along lines extending from its center to the forward edge of said stiffening member, said folds forming the leading edge of the wing member, and triangular shaped tabs, so formed, being attached to the material of the blank to afford additional retention for said stiffening beam; together and in combination with a single longitudinally extending body member formed from a paper blank, a longitudinal stifiening beam thereon, being cemented along the central portion thereof, said blank being rolled 

